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Dear BC Members,<br>
<br>
Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding ICANN's Language
Services Policy & Procedures.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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<h1><span
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Procedures<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/zh/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-zh.htm"
title="ICANN 语言服务政策和程序草案"><span
style="font-family:MingLiU" lang="EN-US">简体中文</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/fr/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-fr.htm"
title="VERSION PRÉLIMINAIRE - Politique et procédures des
services linguistiques de l'ICANN">Français</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/es/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-es.htm"
title="BORRADOR - Políticas y Procedimientos de Servicios
Lingüísticos de la ICANN">Español</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/ru/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-ru.htm"
title="ПРОЕКТ - Политика и процедуры ICANN в области
лингвистических услуг">Русский</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/ar/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-ar.htm"
title="مسودة - سياسة وإجراءات خدمات اللغة في ICANN">العربية</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">18
May 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="3">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Forum
Announcement:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comment
Period Opens on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Date:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">18
May 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Policy Processes;
Transparency/Accountability; Reviews/Improvements;
Participation; Events/Conferences <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose
(Brief):</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN Language Services is submitting for
public comment the draft Language Services Policy and
Procedures. The purpose of this document, although
implicit in its title, is to establish policies and
procedures for all services related to languages –
translation, simultaneous interpretation,
teleconference interpretation, transcription (of
recorded sessions) and RTT (real-time-transcription,
also known as scribing).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Public
Comment Box Link:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="3">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt"><br>
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.75pt .75pt .75pt"><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comment
Open:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">18
May 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comment
Close:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2
July 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Close
Time (UTC):</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">23:59
UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-18may12-en.htm">Public
Comment Announcement</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Reply
Open:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3
July 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:language-services-policy@icann.org"><span
lang="EN-US">To Submit Your Comments
(Forum)</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Reply
Close:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1
August 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/language-services-policy">View
Comments Submitted</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Close
Time (UTC):</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">23:59
UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Report
of Public Comments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brief
Overview<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Originating
Organization:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN
Communications Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Policy Processes;
Transparency/Accountability;
Reviews/Improvements; Participation;
Events/Conferences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose
(Brief):</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN is opening a public comment
forum for the draft Language Services Policy
and Procedures. Community members are asked to
provide feedback on the proposed document.
ICANN Language Services provides support for
translation, simultaneous interpretation,
teleconference interpretation, transcription
(of recorded sessions) and RTT
(real-time-transcription, also known as
scribing).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Current
Status:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Draft ICANN Language Services
Policy and Procedures open for public comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Next
Steps:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Comments will be accepted in this
forum and in continued interaction with the
community and staff. Once the comment and
reply periods have ended, ICANN will review
community feedback and post an assessment of
comments received.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The Board Committee on Public
Participation will then submit the policy to
the ICANN Board with its recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff
Contact:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td colspan="2" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Christina
M. Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email:</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:christina.rodriguez@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20DRAFT%20-%20ICANN%20Language%20Services%20Policy%20and%20Procedures%20public%20comment%20period">christina.rodriguez@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Detailed
Information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Section I: Description,
Explanation, and Purpose</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The provision of language
services is intended to facilitate access to
ICANN and participation in its work for those
who do not speak or are not fluent in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The cost-effective provision of
high quality multilingual services has two
main objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Make information about ICANN
and its work accessible to those who speak
languages other than English in ways that
enhance participation in and the
effectiveness of the multistakeholder model.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Make ICANN more effective as a
global organization.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN's
language services include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Translation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Simultaneous
interpretation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Teleconference
interpretation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Transcription
(of recorded sessions)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Scribing (Real Time
Transcription - RTT)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN's working language is
English. Its policy is to provide translation
and interpretation in the six United Nations
languages – currently Arabic, Chinese
(Simplified), English, French, Russian and
Spanish – where appropriate and taking account
of budget constraints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section
II: Background</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Multilingualism is essential for
a global multistakeholder organization.
Meetings, documents and information must be
accessible in a variety of languages. To
address this need, ICANN submitted a previous
version of this document (then called "</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13feb08-en.htm"><span
lang="EN-US">Translation Programme</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">") for public comment in March
2008, and in December 2008 contracted with a
localization and language industry expert (a
full-time translation coordinator). This
complied with the Accountability and
Transparency Framework and Principles, and
laid the path toward more effective engagement
with stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section
III: Document and Resource Links</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/language-services/draft-policies-procedures-18may12-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">DRAFT – ICANN Language
Services Policy and Procedures</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 349 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt
.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Section IV: Additional
Information</span></strong><span
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